Gay Desert Guide Weekend: April 9–11, 2021
Modernism takes center stage this weekend, as the rescheduled and re-imagined week has both virtual and some in-person events. On the #ILoveGayPalmSprings podcast this week,...
This Week in Gay Palm Springs
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr. 5, 2021
100 degrees to start April. Great pool weather for sure for the Spring break crowd that’s been in Palm Springs as of late. Now we’re...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr. 2–4, Easter Weekend 2021
We had a fascinating chat with DesertX co-curator César García-Alvarez, a native of the east valley and an openly gay artist. His story about bringing this...
Gay Desert Guide, Week of Mar. 29, 2021
The transgender community is in the spotlight this week for TDOV (Transgender Day of Visibility) events on Tuesday and Wednesday. And the timing couldn’t be...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 26-28, 2021
Southwest Airline’s slogan “You’re Free to Move About the Country” takes on new meaning as Palm Springs gets direct service to Las Vega$ starting later...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Mar. 22, 2021
Spring has officially sprung and restaurants are open at 25% indoor capacity. Sunnylands grounds are open (I’m planning a visit this week) and the Art...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 19-21, 2021
Okay, so it’s not just me! The Atlantic reports on “Pandemic Brain”. I could find myself relating after thinking age was the perilous reason I was having...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Mar. 15, 2021
As we mark the one year anniversary of lockdown, we can remember where we were on that fateful night. Literally, the music stopped at Purple...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 12-14, 2021
One Year Ago: IBC (International Bear Convergence) was taking place at Hotel Zoso. The McCallum was hosting Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock n’ Roll....
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Mar. 8, 2021
Topping Today’s News: Miley Cyrus pays a visit to Eight4Nine! You may have caught her performance on the TikTok Tailgate show in Tampa, Florida, which aired...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar 5-7, 2021
March is Women’s History Month after February’s Black History Month. We’re introducing you to women making a difference in our community. That starts with Michelle...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Mar. 1, 2021
March is Women’s History Month after February’s Black History Month. You’re seeing more representation of women and people of color on our website, podcast and...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb. 26-28, 2021
Our hamlet takes the national spotlight today (Friday) as “Live with Kelly & Ryan” feature Palm Springs in their recurring segment “Virtual Road Trip”. It...
Gay Desert Guide Week: Feb. 22, 2021
Happy National (International) Margarita Day! We’re observing it with a 5 PM Monday Facebook Live on “Buying Property in Puerto Vallarta”, Mexico. It is one...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb. 19-21, 2021
As COVID cases continue to fall and the temperatures continue to rise, we are coming out of our long winter of discontent. While still socially-distancing...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Feb. 15, 2021
It is President’s Day as I write our early week blog – ironic after the proceedings over the weekend. But I am reminded of the...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb. 12-14, 2021
There’s love and COVID-19 in the air this Valentine’s Day weekend. Just a year ago, I was on my way to New Zealand to start...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Feb. 8, 2021
A tale of two gay celebs with stories of their trials and tribulations are in the news as we start #ValentinesDay week. Dan Levy hosted...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb. 5–7, 2021
#WearADamnMask will be tested this weekend as the weather improves and more people come into Greater Palm Springs for Super Bowl Sunday. The city has...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Feb. 1, 2021
Welcome to month two of 2021. We’re 1/12th through the year and we’re seeing some of our signature events get postponed (again). This week it’s...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan. 29–31, 2021
I couldn’t be prouder of the work of Shann Carr and John Taylor on the #ILoveGayPalmSprings podcast, new each Thursday. Shann has brought diversity to...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jan. 25, 2021
The stay at home order will be lifted! That opens the door for our restaurants to again offer outdoor dining first and foremost. But it...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan. 22–24, 2021
One of the events I look forward to each year, is The Center’s “Info A Go Go”, where our local organizations gather to connect with...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jan. 18, 2021
MLK Day 2021 starts a very political week for our country. We started the celebration last Friday with comedian Shann Carr and the Fun &...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan. 15–17, 2021
“Keep on the sunny side of life”, goes the old song from The Carter Family: “There’s a dark and a troubled side of life...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jan. 11, 2021
Just as we publish our latest Calendar of Events for 2021-22 PDF, it becomes outdated with the postponement of Desert X. And there’s movement afoot...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan. 8–10, 2021
We made it through this week. I don’t know about you, but my world stopped January 6th when the insurrection broke out. And I’m still...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jan. 4, 2021
Hats off to Dr. Laura Rush and all the frontline healthcare workers who are now fighting a losing battle with the pandemic until mass immunization...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan 1–3, 2021
So doesn’t the world feel different already? As the new year of 2021 begins, the sun is shining in Palm Springs and there’s a little...
Gay Desert Guide: The Last Week of 2020
The countdown to the end of this year continues as we move closer to 2021. Can it end soon enough? I don’t know about you,...
Gay Desert Guide Christmas Weekend: Dec. 25–27, 2020
Wishing you and yours a happy holiday from the entire GayDesertGuide team! Stay Safe and Stay Home (except to shop and order carryout)....
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Dec. 21, 2020
We go into Christmas week with hope and the promise of a brighter new year. On Sunday, our staffed gathered via Zoom to celebrate with...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Dec. 18–20, 2020
Just in time for the holidays, the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism has embarked a new campaign about locals supporting locals called, We Are Palm...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Dec. 14, 2020
We were just made aware of a new campaign for takeout and delivery: The #12DaysofTakeOut Launched by a group of California small business owners and small...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Dec. 11–13, 2020
This year, I’m grateful for those who surround me in making Gay Desert Guide happen each and every day. We’ve found ways to move from...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Dec. 7, 2020
We’re in lockdown through Christmas – December 27th to be exact. So outdoor dining is out. Retail is curtailed to 20% capacity. Gatherings of people...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Dec. 4–6, 2020
Superheroes. They range from the comic book kind to the frontline workers fighting the pandemic. On this week’s #ILoveGayPalmSprings podcast, we talk about both. Kraven...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov. 30, 2020
‘Twas the week after Thanksgiving and all through the House (and Senate)… They were on break and not dealing with pandemic relief. And we’re going...
Gay Desert Guide Thanksgiving Weekend: Nov. 26–29, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving weekend to our locals and visitors to Greater Palm Springs. You’ve made your own choices about where (and whether) to travel and...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov. 23, 2020
The holidays, starting with Thanksgiving this week, will be spent much differently than a year ago. Smaller gatherings, if any at all, are the rule...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov. 20–22, 2020
In this weekend leading up to Thanksgiving, we have plenty to be thankful for – a new incoming LGBTQ-friendly administration, a COVID-19 vaccine, and one...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov. 16, 2020
It’s that Good News/Bad News dichotomy: Southwest Airlines started new service on Sunday and others are expanding their schedules for season. Now as we approach...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov. 13–15, 2020
Marilyn Monroe – To Be or Not To Be…in front of the Palm Springs Art Museum. That was the question that our Palm Springs city...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov. 9, 2020
And #PalmSpringsPride 2020 goes into the record books with a bit of a whimper. (Only due to the pandemic, not any fault of the organizers.)...
Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs Pride Weekend: Nov. 6–8, 2020
We start this #PalmSpringsPride weekend with an ongoing “Disturbance in the Force” as we await final election results. Congrats to our re-elected city officials in...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of November 2, 2020
No matter what the outcome of our election, we’re hellbent on celebrating the vestige of #PalmSpringsPride next weekend. It’s our time to “Light Up the...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct. 26, 2020
We walked – with our team at GayDesertGuide for DAP’s #DAW2020 on Saturday. No bands playing, no cheering volunteers and no PBJ and Doritos to...
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Oct. 23–25, 2020
Virtual Desert AIDS Walk is underway this weekend. Our GayDesertGuide team is getting together (safely and socially distanced) on Saturday to do our part. We’ll...
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct. 19, 2020
On Saturday, I hosted the annual Aging Positively conference which joined with The Reunion Project this year for a full day of Zoom seminars for...
